Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th January, 2021.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving further effect to Article 7a (inserted by Article 5 of Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009¹ ) of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998² , as amended by Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 of 20 April 2015³ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Calculation Methods and Reporting Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.

2. The European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Calculation Methods and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2017 (S. I. No. 160 of 2017) are amended –

(a) by inserting after Regulation 8 the following:

“Maintenance of lifecycle greenhouse gas reductions

8A. The reduction required to achieved by a supplier by 31 December 2020 in accordance with Regulation 8 shall be maintained by the supplier after that day in each subsequent year.”,

and

(b) in Regulation 17, by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

“(6) Where an application has been made by NORA under paragraph (1) and the High Court makes a compliance order under paragraph (4) but the non–compliance that is the subject of the application continues after the making of the order, NORA may make a further application under paragraph (1) in respect of that further non-compliance in that or any subsequent year.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 December 2020.

EAMON RYAN

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

1 OJ No. L 140, 05.06.2009, p. 88

2 OJ No. L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58

3 OJ No. L 107, 25.04.2015, p. 26